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functionality of bomi #516

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loimi opened this issue Oct 19, 2018 · 22 comments
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functionality of bomi #516

loimi opened this issue Oct 19, 2018 · 22 comments

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loimi commented Oct 19, 2018

I want to "pause " the video by " left clicking"; but I don't understand how to replace the space button on my keyboard with the left click. Could you help me please? I see how to remove the space button but don't see how to add left click.

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ugly95 commented Oct 19, 2018

To change how the left click is used, you need to go to the 'Mouse actions' sections (on the left column, underneath 'Keyboard shortcuts'.

Then, find 'Left button' and 'No modifier' and change from 'unused' to 'Play/Pause'

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loimi commented Oct 19, 2018 via email

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Rabcor commented Oct 20, 2018

Just some friendly advice, as cool as bomi was, it hasn't been updated for 2 years. It would be advisable to start considering other options. While it's still the best front end for mpv probably, it's missing some important functionality that has been added to mpv since it's time.

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018

Thanks, ; I've always loved SM Player , used it for years but it's not without it's problems. Finally got irritated enough last week to look around for something else. Really , SMPlayer , as far as I know has more options and functionality than anything else I've seen. Do you have any suggestions ? for other players?

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Rabcor commented Oct 20, 2018 •
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Personally I couldn't find anything to really replace bomi, I use mpv by itself and a custom config file. Although it's not as convenient as a full GUI, if you can just configure your mpv.conf properly once, and your keybindings as well, along with the right set of scripts, you'll get a nice experience where all videos will just work, and look right.

The only functionality I'm missing really is a recent files list/way to open last played file.

I cannot find an mpv frontend that has support for all the features that are important to me, most of them don't support setting an upscaling algorithm (bomi does; in fact I think xylosper may have played a role in getting the lanczos upscaling algorithms into mpv in the first place) and I have found none that support the motion interpolation (smooth motion) feature.

Meaning the only way for me to get the full featureset was to just use mpv. Wasn't hard to set up to satisfaction actually, my config file was like 99% copied from someone else. And i installed 2 or 3 scripts too for some convenience purposes. I can share my setup with you if you'd like. (No idea how it would perform on a low-end computer though)

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018

I never really counted all the individual function options for SM Player but I guess there are over100. Of course no one really needs all of that; but what I liked was the ability to add/remove tools from the different tool bars- at the top and bottom of the player. That way I could have exactly what I need and want and nothing else cluttering up my interface. Beautiful.
I'm pissed cause it still screws up sometimes and I can't get it figured out and I can't get any support.
Right now I just installed MPV in my Linux mint 18.3 and there's no volume button -or anything else; and I don't know how to work with configuration files- or really much of anything else except for some basic CLI .
One of the things I hated about SM is , whenever I want uninstall it and reinstall it , it always reinstalls with memory from the previous install and I end up with the same problem I was having- and I can't get the problem to go away. Last issue I had was when I opened the playlist , like 3 months ago it opened in a separate widow alongside the player - and I could never get it to close.Even after I uninstalled and reinstalled SM- and I couldn't get any support.

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018

I like Bomi well enough but I wish there was some way to add/remove a couple of the tools from the tool bar; like subs track and audio track. I don't need them . Other than that I managed to set it up in a way I like.

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Rabcor commented Oct 20, 2018 •
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For volume, I configured mousewheel for it. Switching audio/subtitle tracks (in case the wrong ones get selected) are a and s. Skipping to next chapter or next file (if there is no chapter) is side mouse button. That's basically it, I don't use the GUI buttons below, I only sometimes use the seek bar when I'm playing files that don't have any chapter bookmarks. Also if I need to correct the subtitle track (like say add a delay for them, for mismatched audio track) that's F1/F2.

What more could I need right?

As for the issues you mentioned, it's a part of how linux is typically structured, programs get their binaries and libraries(dependencies) installed in some subdirectory of / (root), and then your configuration of the program goes somewhere in your home folder (like ~/.config/programname/configsgalore or occasionally ~/.programaname/configsgalore or ~/.local/share/programname/configsgalore)

To reset the configuration of any program you have to find the config file location applicable to the program in question and delete the config files. (you should probably avoid deleting the folder, just wipe the files within)

Uninstalling/reinstalling a program will only delete the binaries for most programs, the configs only get deleted if they are installed under /etc/ and these are the kinds of things where you can only configure them as sudo.

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018 via email

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018 via email

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Rabcor commented Oct 20, 2018

Well I meant for smplayer, typically programs will automatically generate/replace these config files if they are missing. In smplayer's case you would generate a new one probably by changing some settings in the program.

MPV however uses default configuration instead, it doesn't I think install a config file by default. So if yo uwant to configure mpv you have to create the config file yourself (or like I do, copy it from somewhere else).

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loimi commented Oct 20, 2018 via email

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I recommend using mpc-qt (Media Player Classic Qute Theater), I moved to it after bomi's development stop. It's a great Qt clone of MPC-hc (eol) with mpv backend.

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loimi commented Oct 21, 2018 via email

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Rabcor commented Oct 22, 2018

I recommend using mpc-qt (Media Player Classic Qute Theater), I moved to it after bomi's development stop. It's a great Qt clone of MPC-hc (eol) with mpv backend.

It's a fairly decent choice, personally I was unhappy with it for previously mentioned reasons. (no support for interpolation and upscaling algorithm settings)

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When was the last time you tried it out, as it has gained more features all the time... Something haven't been added as the mpv API is currently quite limited. Bomi never used the API, but it's own "hack" which is why mpv has been wrapped into bomi.

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loimi commented Oct 22, 2018 via email

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loimi commented Oct 22, 2018 via email

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ahjolinna commented Oct 22, 2018 •
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Well as bomi uses its "hack" to communicate with mpv(which is wrapped up inside bomi), it also means now that the mpv version is really out of date. At least mpc-qt uses the system installed (lib)mpv and it supports the latest version.

And as the mpv is the backend for both, I don't really see any reason anymore to use bomi... It's just becoming too old, which is sad as it was my fav media player for many years (and I was one of the early adopters, when it was still called CMPlayer)

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loimi commented Oct 22, 2018 via email

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There are some forks of bomi that try to keep it alive... But if nobody won't update it to support the latest mpv they are all pointless in the end

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@loimi yes, for over a year now... And I will use it as long as the creator/dev is active

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